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Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

Zapruder — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 04:16:55 GMT

Author: Zapruder

Posted: 08/24/2013 08:16

Jhereko wrote:

1. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
2. Nicki Minaj - Whip It
3. Nicki Minaj - Beez In The Trap
4. Nicki Minaj - Va Va Voom
5. Nicki Minaj - Your Love
6. Nicki Minaj - Starships
7. Nicki Minaj - Pound The Alarm
8. Nicki Minaj - Fire Burns
9. Nicki Minaj - Stupid Hoe
10. Nicki Minaj - Did It On 'Em
11. Nicki Minaj - Moment 4 Life
12. Nicki Minaj - Up In Flames
13. Nicki Minaj - Automatic
14. Nicki Minaj - Right Thru Me
15. Nicki Minaj - Young Forever
16. Nicki Minaj - Gun Shot
17. Nicki Minaj - Massive Attack
18. Nicki Minaj - High School
19. Nicki Minaj - Blazin
20. Viper - I'm God's Favourite

>Viper
mah nigga

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

nitro2k11 — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 21:39:12 GMT

Author: nitro2k11

Posted: 08/24/2013 01:39

I was always a sucker for some Nelly tracks in the early 2k's.
I also really liked Ms.Jackson by outkast

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

HoldenM — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:42:12 GMT

Author: HoldenM

Posted: 08/23/2013 20:42

I'm still developing.

20. "Hackers" - Death Grips
19. "Through the Wire" - Kanye West
18. "The Full Retard" - El-P
17. "Big Beast" - Killer Mike
16. "Daytona 500" Ghostface Killa
15. "No Church in the Wild" - Jay-Z & Kanye West
14. "Yonkers" - Tyler, The Creator
13. "Scott Mescudi vs. The World" - Kid Cudi
12. "That Power" Childish Gambino
11. "Rhinestone Cowboy" - Madvillain
10. "Stan" - Eminem
9. "Life's a Bitch" - Nas
8. "99 Problems" - Jay-Z
7. "Clint Eastwood" - Gorillaz
6. "Jesus Walks" - Kanye West
5. "Lost in the World" - Kanye West
4. "Ms. Jackson" - Outkast
3. "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" - Kendrick Lamar
2. "Monster" - Kanye West
1. "Flashing Lights" - Kanye West

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

Norman Bates — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:38:30 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 08/23/2013 20:38

I made a YT playlist with my picks, if anyone has one or two songs they don't know...

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjML9T12qYTvgR3xMRyF2do5LQsvuT7Ey

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

Norman Bates — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:00:11 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 08/23/2013 20:00

No order, just a few favourites, one per artist tops:

Mantronix, "Mad"
Public Enemy, "Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos"
Eric B & Rakim, "Mahogany"
De La Soul, "Eye Know"
EPMD, "Brothers On My Jock"
Beastie Boys, "Sure Shot"
Run-D.M.C., "It's Tricky"
Big L., "Put It On"
Nas, "Memory Lane"
A Tribe Called Quest, "Buggin' Out"
Wu-Tang Clan, "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'"
Jeru The Damaja, "Brooklyn Took It"
Mos Def, "Ms. Fat Booty"
Dr. Octagon, "Blue Flowers"
Company Flow, "8 Steps To Perfection"
The Pharcyde, "Runnin'"
Genius/GZA, "Cold World"
RZA, "Samurai Showdown"
Ghostface Killah, "Daytona 500"
Raekwon, "Rainy Dayz"
Ol' Dirty Bastard, "Brooklyn Zoo"
Bahamadia, "Spontaneity"
J.Dilla, "Waves"
Antipop Consortium, "9.99"
Common, "Go!"
Madvillain, "Accordion"
Cannibal Ox, "A-B Boys Alpha"
eLZhi, "That's That One"
Buck 65, "Rough House Blues"
OutKast, "Ghetto Musick"
La Rumeur, "Les Petites annonces du carnage"
NTM, "La Fièvre"
Akhenaton, "Je suis peut-être"
Missy Elliott, "Gossip Folks"
Spank Rock, "Chilly Will"
D4L, "Laffy Taffy"
Darc Mind, "Knights of the Round Table"
Blackalicious, "Alphabet Aerobics"
Kendrick Lamar, "Money Trees"
Action Bronson & Party Supplies, "Hookers At the Point"
Schoolboy Q ft. A$AP Rocky, "Hands On the Wheel"

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

AlexZangari — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:44:36 GMT

Author: AlexZangari

Posted: 08/21/2013 16:44

1. N.W.A. - Express Yourself
2. Kendrick Lamar - Backseat Freestyle
3. Audio Two - Top Billin'
4. Blackalicious - Deception
5. A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It
6. Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want
7. El-P - Drones Over BKLYN
8. Kanye West - Black Skinhead
9. Kendrick Lamar - Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe
10. Nas - The World Is Yours
11. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
12. Apollo Brown and Guilty Simpson - I Can Do No Wrong
13. Kanye West - Jesus Walks
14. Dr. Octagon - Earth People
15. Nas - Life's a Bitch
16. El-P - Deep Space 9mm
17. Eminem - Lose Yourself
18. Kendrick Lamar - A.D.H.D.
19. DJ Kool feat. Biz Markie & Doug E. Fresh - Let Me Clear My Throat
20. Beastie Boys - Ch-Check It Out

Or something like that.

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:26:34 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/21/2013 15:26

HigherThanTheSun wrote:

Ta for lethal's epic top 100 aswell, gonna make sure I listen to the ones I don't already know from that.

Yeah, I actually made this thread for that reason; to listen to other people's favourites.

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

SquishypuffDave — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:35:16 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 08/21/2013 14:35

I'm pretty ignant, but here are some tracks that come to mind which may or may not count as hip hop.

M.I.A. ft Wilcannia Mob - Mango Pickle Down River

Link

Billy Woods - The Man Who Would Be King

Link

MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha

Link

Shabazz Palaces - Find Out

Link

The Books - The Story Of Hip Hop

Link

A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions

Link

Eminem - Stan

Link

Madvillain - All Caps

Link

Milo ft. Safari Al - Almond Milk Paradise

Link

Cannibal Ox - Scream Phoenix

Link

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools

Link

Jay Z - 99 Problems

Link

Massive Attack - Risingson

Link

Beck - Loser

Link

(I also love Death Grips but I don't really consider them hip hop. My favourite of their tracks is Beware, easily.)

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

HigherThanTheSun — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:01:18 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 08/21/2013 13:01

Without putting too much thought into it:
Nas - Memory Lane
KRS One - MC's Act Like They Don't Know
Mos Def and Talib Kweli - Hater Players
Wu Tang - Gravel Pit
Raekwon - Ice Cream
GZA - Shadowboxin
Method Man - Bring The Pain
Earl - epaR
Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime
Notorious BIG - Gimme The Loot
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones PtII
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools
Channel Live - Mad Izm
Kanye West - Through The Wire
Jay Z - Brooklyn's Finest
Roots Manuva - Witness
DangerDoom - Bizzy Box
Action Bronson - The Madness
Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man
Eazy E - Boys In The Hood
Mr MFN Exquire - Huzzah

Ta for lethal's epic top 100 aswell, gonna make sure I listen to the ones I don't already know from that.

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:56:20 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/21/2013 11:56

No order, just some favorites, a few of which are missing from previous lists

De la Soul - Me, Myself, and I
Eric B. and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
Big Daddy Kane - Warm It Up Kane
Da Lench Mob - Guerrillas In The Mist
Brand Nubian - One For All
Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Slick Rick - Children's Story
Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day
N.W.A. - Fuck The Police
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
Notorious B.I.G. - Gimme the Loot
Notorious B.I.G. - Machine Gun Funk
Nas - Life's A Bitch
Nas - Memory Lane
Wu Tang - C.R.E.A.M.
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Warren G - Regulate
Eazy E - Gimme that Nut
Death Row mothafucka - California Love
Death Row motherbitch - Nothin But a G Thang
Snoop Lion - Gin and Juice
Salt N Pepa - Whatta Man
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop
Madvillainy - Accordian
Lil Wayne - Fuck the World
Danny Brown - I Will
Big Boi - Tangerine
Kendrick Lamar - good kid + mAAd city
Kanye Best - Touch the Sky
Kanye West - Devil in a New Dress + Runaway

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

andy_hunter — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 06:50:28 GMT

Author: andy_hunter

Posted: 08/21/2013 10:50

20 Power - Kanye West
18 Merrymaking At My Place - Calvin Harris (may not technically be considered hip-hop though)
19 Fit But You Know It - The Streets
17 Intergalactic - Beastie Boys
16 Lose Yourself - Eminem
15 Stay Awake - Example
14 IZZO - Jay Z
13 99 Problems - Jay Z
12 Rappers Delight - Sugar Hill Gang
11 Gold Digger - Kanye West
10 Thrift Shop - Macklemore
9 Tricky - Run DMC
8 Pass Out - Tinie Tempah
7 Ms. Jackson - OutKast
6 Dance Wiv Me - Dizzee Rascal
5 The Message - Grandmaster Flash
4 All Off The Lights - Kanye West
3 Bust A Move - Young MC
2 Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
1 Niggas In Paris - Jay Z and Kanye West

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 04:04:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/21/2013 08:04

19loveless91 wrote:

(if someone could correct my use of tense here I'd appreciate it)

i see no problem with it 😁

Also that was a really cool read (made me want to do a real one). Nice short explanations etc only problems I had were the OFWGKTA inclusions whom I've always thought were a little overhyped. 100% concur on Eye Know though.

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

19loveless91 — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 02:58:39 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 08/21/2013 06:58

Ok, so when this thread was opened, I didn't want to make this list because quite honestly I know fuck all about hip hop and it would just look embarassing alongside lethal's list for example. But then I thought it could be fun to see this list develop through time. I often stumble upon old posts or comments of mine and find it hard to believe that it was me writing them - I kinda expect the same when I'll look at this next year.

Other reason why I'm posting this anyway is that I'm realizing that I'm able to enjoy hip hop more and a lot easier than i used to. See I knew nothing about hip hop before 2010 and I actually only got into some of it the next year. I still have trouble occasionally because I find it hard to understand the lyrics (not helped by the fact english isn't my first language), and I have to read them to even get what they're saying (but even then I won't always get them). But it's getting better...

Anyway, this is a short, top 20 one per artist list. It's very BAWPish, but that's what you gonna get from a white middle class newbie to hip hop:

20-Ali En - Leva Scena
If there is a reason why I regret not being born a decade or so earlier, it's not being able to live through the time Ali En appeared on the Slovenian music scene and dropped a couple of tracks that were not only completely different to anything that the country has seen until then, but also with an incredibly controversial subject matter and with more foul language than the previous 3 decades of popular Slovenian music combined. This song, Leva Scena ("Leva" literally means left, but in this context I would translate it to "lame", therefore "Lame scene") is an attack on pretty much the entire Slovenian popular music of the early 1990s, from the singers that are still playing their hits of 20 years ago to the "spoiled rich kids" thinking they know how to play jazz, to rapping athletes, etc. Using actual names of course.
I'll admit that this song isn't quality enough (in any way) to be in any legitimate top 20 songs list, but just the idea of it and the impact it had (still has) made me want to put it here.
For this kind of scene that a man can just throw up to, I have three words: "thanks, fuck you"

19-Public Enemy - Don't Believe the Hype
Before I listened to anything by Public Enemy I had them for this super political and serious group.. So then one day I decided to check them out on Youtube. And I stumbled on a live performance of Don't Believe the Hype (linked above) and there was Flav jumping around with his clock necklace. It was so confusing. I never understood how he and Chuck even met, much less worked together. Track's dope though, anyway...

The minute they see me, fear me
I'm the epitome - a public enemy
Used, abused without clues
I refused to blow a fuse
They even had it on the news

18-Eminem - Stan
Stan, you psychopath... A damn good track, when this was popular back in 2001 (?) even my dadrocker dad liked it. As did I. It doesn't matter how accustomed you are to a genre with that kind of storytelling. And Dido.

I can relate to what you're saying in your songs
So when I have a shitty day, I drift away and put em on
Cause I don't really got shit else so that shit helps when I'm depressed
Aw Stan, I related to you at this part..
I even got a tattoo of your name across the chest
But then ya lost me...

17-Nine - Whutcha Want
I heard this in "Kids". It's just infectious and one of those songs where the delivery alone sells it to me.

(Whutcha want Nine?) Fat beats for my rhymes
(So whutcha want Nine?) Mad clips for my nines
(So whutcha want Nine?) A ill posse
And my name up in lights, N-I-N-E

16-Kanye West - Devil In a New Dress
Not a huge Kanye fan, and definitely not a fan of this album. But damn, this track is amazing. The production alone is heavenly, then there's that hook, and an awesome Rick Ross verse. 6 minutes fly by..

I thought I was the asshole, I guess it’s rubbing off
Hood phenomenon, the LeBron of rhyme
Hard to be humble when you stunting on a jumbotron

15-Shabazz Palaces - Are You... Can You... Were You? (Felt)
Puts me in a sort of a trance. Amazing production, quality lyrics.

You can't lie to yourself
You can't lie how it felt
No surprise how the cards gettin dealt
(That's why)
I won't be back for a long time

14-Arrested Development - Tennessee
This group was one of those which helped me get used of hip hop more. Back then, Nas was way too wordy for me, Wu-Tang way too hardcore.. These guys did nicely for starters. Tennessee is probably the best song on the album. One of the best about personal struggle with God, up there with Sufjan.

I don't know where I can go
To let these ghosts out of my skull
My grandma's passed, my brother's gone
I never at once felt so alone
I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel
Not just my spare tire

13-Madvillain - ALL CAPS
Maybe my fav hip hop album. Madlib's production is just amazeballs. Hard to pick just one track though, it has to be listened as a whole.

So nasty that it's probably somewhat of a travesty having me
Then he told the people
You can call me Your Majesty

12-Tyler, the Creator - Yonkers
OK, so he's not doing anything that hasn't been done before (i.e. his multiple personas clashing in the song), but my god he does it better than anybody on Yonkers. So many genius oneliners.

This the revenge of the dicks, that's nine cocks that cock nines
This ain't no V Tech shit or Columbine
But after bowling, I went home for some damn Adventure Time

11-Nas - Memory Lane
No need to explain... In the dictionary there should be Illmatic's cover photo where the entry for hip hop is.

Sentence begins indented with formality
My duration's infinite, moneywise or physiology
Poetry, that's a part of me, retardedly bop
I drop the ancient manifested hip-hop straight off the block

10-Samo Boris - Vsake tok časa
This guy only made like, one short LP + a couple of guest appearances but still left quite an impression in the slovenian (alter) hip hop scene it seems. His wordplay in particular is amazing. For my taste he's a bit too preachy though, but this track is different to the rest. It's about his love of hip hop (and how it has helped him stand up against the injustices), and his love of life in general and what it thought him. Incredibly beautiful, optimistic, but also a bit bitersweet. As life is.

I'm gonna try and clumsily translate the hook of this track. BTW the title means "Every once in a while".
Don't be surprised if I'll hug you in the street
Don't look funny if I walk along and sing
I wanna live
So I am standing up against them now
Every once in a while, I rap so I can live

9-Mos Def - Mathematics
Maybe this one is a bit high, but I listened to this album again yesterday, then repeated the track for the whole afternoon. It's just really clever.

Numbers is hard and real and they never have feelings
But you push too hard, even numbers got limits
Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret:
The million other straws underneath it: it's all mathematics

8-Death Grips - Hacker
I don't wanna get into discussion on whether this is hip hop or not (I think lethal will be more disappointed in me liking it that much than describing it as hip hop).. But this is sooo dope. So catchy. I don't even know what he's on about. I mean coconuts? Wut?

Gaga can't handle this shit
Headed for the Sammy Davis wing
Throw up a black hole at the entrance of Linens N Things on the way
Never call it a day
Visit Tesla's grave for the ninth time today
Still on the way
Bigger wigs

7-Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me
I think this is the centrepiece of GKMC. Kendrick reflecting on his rapping as a way of telling the stories of people he knew, and hoping that he will have done enough (if someone could correct my use of tense here I'd appreciate it) so that he too will be remembered. Beautiful.

I count lives all on these songs
Look at the weak and cry, pray one day you'll be strong
Fighting for your rights, even when you're wrong
And hope that at least one of you sing about me when I'm gone
Now am I worth it? Did I put enough work in?

6-Outkast - Ms Jackson
So I guess one of maybe 3-4 tracks that I loved even at the time when I didn't know what this whole hippity hop thingy was. But really at the time this came out my english wasn't anywhere near as good to understand 90% of the verses. I think I just liked the hook and the video. I do understand them now, and my respect for the song has just gotten a lot bigger since then. Both Andre and Big Boi deliver, the hook is still one of my favourites.. My favourite Outkast track.

Askin' what happened to the feeling that her and me
Had, I pray so much about it need some knee
Pads, It happened for a reason one can't be
Mad, So know this, know that everything's cool
And yes I will be present on the first day of school, and graduation

5-Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
The ultimate rags to riches story. Fantastic hook. Listen to the original track (Juicy Fruit), it sounds like a parody of this (seriously, it's like Weird Al and Eat it all over again)

Lunches, brunches, interviews by the pool
Considered a fool cause I dropped out of high school
Stereotypes of a black male misunderstood
And it's still all good

4-De La Soul - Eye Know
Is this the only "love song" on this list? I think so. And it's simply gorgeous.

It's I again and the song that I send
Is taking steps to reach your heart
Any moment you feel alone
I can fill up your empty part
We can ascend 'till we reach De La Heaven
And in a spin we'll hit the Top Ten

3-Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
I'm not sure if my memory is to be trusted but I think this album was the first hip-hop album to land on my chart. And this song is the first one that I loved off it. The hook is simply iconic, and Deck's verse is still one of the best ever. Hard hitting.

Neglected for now but yo, it gots to be accepted
That what, that life is hectic

2-N'toko - Zig Zig
Don't know if this is the patriot in me speaking, but N'toko has to currently be my favourite rapper. His lyrics (at least on his slovenian language albums) are always harshly critical of modern society, the consumerism, the popular culture, as well as the mentality of our nation. But he deals with these things in a very intelligent, and often humorous way, and very rarely comes across as preachy. Choosing a favourite N'toko song is worse than picking a favourite child, but it eventually came down to two. And, like your children, they both subtly make fun of you, but they're so perfect and clever that you remain ignorant to that fact. Now, if it is a patroit in me putting N'toko on the pedestal, then they're unfortunate choices, as one mocks the slovenian "identity" and all that is sacred to a patriotic citizen of this country while the other one, Zig Zig, deals with nationalism in general. In first verse, N'toko bluntly attacks the nationalistic ideology and people who stand behind it (e.g. skinheads) but explains that he's not afraid of them, they're irrelevant. In second verse he explains that the danger comes from elsewhere - the middle class, the obedient and passive people who in order to protect their safety and comfort, will trust any policymaker that will promise them that, without questioning the consequences. The third verse goes even further in criticizing the life of this "middle class" and there's a sense that he's questioning you - are you sure you are not guilty of the same thing? Do you know what the government does in your name? Not as long as there's peace and order.
It's just a really clever, intelligent song that makes you rethink your values.

The hook:
One nation, one leader, one religion, three words:
Safety (Sieg Sieg)
Comfort (Sieg Sieg)
Privacy (Sieg Sieg)
Heil!

1-Earl Sweatshirt - Chum
Okay I've been listening to Doris these past couple of days, and this song more than anything other hip hop related since it dropped last year. But I geniunely don't think I'm overrating it. Set to a simple, melancholic beat, this is just brimming with emotion, it's incredibly touching and sincere, basically a story of his life, before (1st verse) and after (2nd verse) him being sent to the boarding school in Samoa. Add to that his wordplay, which is absolutely amazing. I know the lyrics by heart now, and the last line still feels like a punch in the gut.

I can't decide on a particular line or part of the song, so I'm just gonna copy the whole thing off rapgenius:
[Hook]
Something sinister to it
Pendulum swinging slow, a degenerate moving
Through the city with criminals, stealth, welcome to enemy turf
Harder than immigrants work, "Golf" is stitched into my shirt
Get up off the pavement brush the dirt up off my psyche
Psyche, psyche

[Verse 1]
It's probably been twelve years since my father left, left me fatherless
And I just used to say I hate him in dishonest jest
When honestly I miss this nigga, like when I was six
And every time I got the chance to say it I would swallow it
Sixteen, I'm hollow, intolerant, skip shots
I storm that whole bottle, I'll show you a role model
I'm drunk, pissy, pissing on somebody front lawn
Trying to figure out how and when the fuck I missed moderate
Momma often was offering peace offerings
Think, wheeze cough, scoffing and he's off again
Searching for a big brother, Tyler was that
And plus he liked how I rap, the blunted mice in the trap
Too black for the white kids, and too white for the blacks
From honor roll to cracking locks up off them bicycle racks
I'm indecisive, I'm scatterbrained, and I'm frightened, it's evident
And them eyes, where he hiding all them icicles at?

[Verse 2]
Uh... time lapse, bars rot in heart's bottomless pit
Was mobbin' deep as '96 Havoc and Prodigy did
We were the pottymouth posse crash the party and dip
With all belongings then toss em out to the audience
Nothing was fucking awesome, trying to make it from the bottom
His sins feeling as hard as Vince Carter's knee cartilage is
Supreme garment and weed gardeners garnishing spliffs
With Keef particles and entering apartments with 'zine article
Tolerance for boundaries, I know you happy now
Craven and these Complex-fuck niggas done track me down
Just to be the guys that did it, like, "I like attention"
Not the type where niggas trying to get a raise at my expense
Supposed to be grateful, right?
Like, "Thanks so much, you made my life
Harder, and the ties between my mom and I are strained and tightened
Even more than they were before all of this shit"
Been back a week and I already feel like calling it quits

[Hook]

Phew, that took WAY too long. Do I get something now?

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:15:59 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/29/2013 23:15

Atmosphere-Fuck You Lucy
Beastie Boys-Intergalactic
Beck-Where It's At
Beck-Loser
Blackstreet ft. Dr. Dre-No Diggity
Common-I Used To Love H.E.R.
Coolio-Gangsta's Paradise
Eminem-Space Bound
Eminem-Beautiful
Eminem-Stan
Eminem-White America
Fugees-Killing Me Softly With His Song
Grieves-Boogie Man
JayZ-December 4th
JayZ-Girls, Girls, Girls
JayZ & Kanye West-Who Gon Stop Me
JayZ & Kanye West-Gotta Have It
Kanye West-I Wonder
Kanye West-Celebration
Kanye West-Gone
Kanye West-POWER
Kanye West-All of the Lights
Lil Jon ft. Ying Yang Twins-Get Low
LMFAO ft. Lil Jon-Shots
Lupe Fiasco ft. Skylar Grey-Words I Never Said
Mac Miller-Wake Up
Mac Miller-The Spins
Pras, Mya, Ol' Dirty Bastard-Ghetto Supastar
Prince-My Name Is Prince
Prince-Housequake
Prince-P.Control
The Prodigy-Smack My Bitch Up
Sage Francis-The Best of Times
Sublime-What I Got
Wiz Khalifa-No Sleep

These aren't ranked. I didn't bother to count how many there are, these are just the hip hop songs that I consider essential. Some people might argue against artists like Beck, Prince and Sublime on a "best of" hip hop list. I would gladly welcome that argument.

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 06:42:45 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/29/2013 10:42

Some numbers from my Top 100 (not including the Danny Brown freestyle):

Songs from the 1980s: 8
Songs from the 1990s: 39
Songs from the 2000s: 36
Songs from the 2010s: 17

Most popular years: 1993, 1994, 2002, 2012 (7 songs); 1998, 1999, 2004 (6 songs); 2001, 2005, 2011 (5 songs)

East Coast songs: 49
West Coast songs: 27
Dirty South songs: 10
Midwest songs: 10
UK songs: 4

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

Mercury — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:58:08 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 07/29/2013 03:58

Nezzle, you honestly should have your own publication or blog. You're brilliant!

That post was amazing! It have me shit to listen up on for AWHILE. Thanks!

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 22:31:58 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/29/2013 02:31

1. Hopsin - Nocturnal Rainbows
2. Kanye West - Power
3. Earl Sweatshirt - Chum
4. Eminem - Stan
5. Kanye West - Blame Game
6. Kanye West - Runaway
7. Kanye West - Bound 2
8. Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers
9. Kendrick Lamar - B*tch, Don't Kill My Vibe
10. Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing
11. Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers
12. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
13. Grieves - Bloody Poetry
14. Hopsin - Ill Mind Of Hopsin 5
15. Tyler, The Creator - Domo23
16. Odd Future - Orange Juice
17. Kanye West - Jesus Walks
18. Kanye West - Through The Wire
19. Eminem - Mockingbird
20. Aesop Rock - Zero Dark Thirty

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

edubs — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 22:09:04 GMT

Author: edubs

Posted: 07/29/2013 02:09

Kurtis Blow - Basketball
Outkast - Flip Flop Rock
Jay-Z - Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
Outkast - Knowing
Oran Juice Jones - The Rain
Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But A "G" Thing
Run D.M.C. - Hit It Run
Run D.M.C. - My Adidas
EPMD - Jane
Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
Eazy-E - Boyz-N-The-Hood

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 20:36:44 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/29/2013 00:36

lethalnezzle wrote:

42. Kanye West ft. Nas & Really Doe - We Major (2005)

This is the most majestic hip-hop song I can think of. I always found the dichotomy of such a gorgeous, luxurious beat being used for a pretty standard song about smoking and drinking and partying pretty funny, but it really works.

Completely agree. A very underrated track from Late Registration. I especially like the line "my change like sam cooke"

Re: Your Top 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Songs?

GeevyDallas — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 20:34:08 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 07/29/2013 00:34